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Originally Posted by Chris_Elston
2005 and 2006 robot are all 2D 1:1 scale plots transferred to plywood, then sheet metal.
2007 robot was drawn in 3D for the first time. I can't remember if they plotted and used the 3D drawings from inventor or not. One of the students was showing me the sheet metal tool in inventor (me personally I don't have a clue how to use the software), and acutally I think it was a student from team 1720 that was showing me ;-)
2007 was different in a way that it was alot of tubing, the same tubing they use in the landing gear on the airplane. Chromoly tubing, then the wings are sheet metal with rib spars. So it was a bit different than the 2005 and 2006 robot but still based on airplane parts. ;-)
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You guys are using Chromoly? wow... that stuff is heavy, I can't really tell from some pics I just looked up, but what size tubing was it and was it worth it compared to a larger piece of aluminum tubing? Is it something worth doing again? I'm not criticizing, I'm just trying become more familiar with construction techniques
Don't put off learning CAD... I did for two years and it was totally not worth it... It seemed intimidating to me, but I just took the tutorials in inventor and fiddled around; Now I've become pretty good at it. If I can do it as I high school student, you should take some time to learn it. Unless you're not a M.E.; in which case, sorry for harassing you.